Outraged Quotes - Page 2

• If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.

  Arundhati Roy

  Emotional, Robots, Would Be

  "The Damned". Interview with Mishal Husain, www.pbs.org. September 18, 2003.

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• Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide behind his too-appropriate order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshalled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind.

  Orson Scott Card

  Leadership, Wise, Men

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead”, p.157, Tor Science Fiction

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• We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured
  by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

  Solon

  Life, Justice, Liberty

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• Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

  Maria Weston Chapman

  Love, Voice, Giving

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• [W]hile people are making a big fuss over Gruber's calling Americans stupid, they ought to be far more outraged that he admitted the administration purposefully lied to us. This is the real story, and it reveals, once again, the character and mentality of this entire administration, for Gruber was speaking not merely for himself but about the entire administration, beginning with Obama.

  David Limbaugh

  Stupid, Real, Character

  David Limbaugh “The Left's Assault on the American Idea”, Creators Publishing

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• You mean I'm going to have to do a spell in front of a bunch of toffs?" Kim said, outraged that no one had mentioned this before she had agreed to this come-out. "Yes, exactly", Lady Wendall said serenely. "You and Richard have plenty of time to design something that will reflect your unique background, as well as demonstrating your abilities as a wizard. I am looking forward to seeing what you decide upon." "I could pick everyone's pockets at once with magic, "Kim said, still disgruntled. "That'd 'reflect my unique background', all right".

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Mean, Unique, Decide Upon

  Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “A Matter of Magic: Mairelon and The Magician's Ward”, p.305, Macmillan

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• You have an interesting set of morals," he observed. "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged.

  Richelle Mead

  Jail, Interesting, Car

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.43, Penguin

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• What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Osiris, Anubis

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• It isn't deep," the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical and mildly disappointed. Eugenides didn't miss a beat. "It is...too...deep!" he insisted, outraged.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Missing, Bed, Ambassadors

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• Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictions, he cried, in his outraged pity: 'If a God has made this world, I should not wish to be that God. The world's wretchedness would rend my heart.

  Joris-Karl Huysmans

  Heart, Wish, Church

  Joris-Karl Huysmans (2015). “Against the Grain”, p.68, Booklassic

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• Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that when in the common cant of praise she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.

  Jane Austen

  Beautiful, Girl, Lovely

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.48, Ageless Reads

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• No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Matter, Violence, Causes

  "Sotomayor, a Trailblazer and a Dreamer" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, www.nytimes.com. May 26, 2009.

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• A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

  Kevin McCloud

  Hate, People, Wish

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• Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield’s outraged eyes. “We seem to be under a confusion of communication. I did not come here to ask for your sister’s hand. I came to tell you I will marry Hero, with or without your permission, Your Grace. She has lain with me more than once. She may well be carrying my child. And if you think that I’ll give up either her or our babe, you have not done nearly enough research into my character or history.

  Elizabeth Hoyt

  Children, Giving Up, Communication

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• Elvis!" Min shoved herself off the couch to shoo him away. "Stay away from there. There's broken glass." "He did that on purpose," David said, outraged. "Yes, David, the cat is plotting against you." Min fished the base out of the water and glass shards and put it on the table. Then she went to get her wastebasket and began to put the glass pieces in it.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Cat, Glasses, Broken

  Jennifer Crusie (2007). “Bet Me”, p.251, Macmillan

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• Exaggerating?" Silk sounded shocked. "You don't mean to say that horses can actually lie, do you? Hettar shrugged. "Of course. They lie all the time. They're very good at it." For a moment Silk looked outraged at the thought, and then he suddenly laughed. "Somehow that restores my faith in the order of the universe," he declared. Wolf looked pained. "Silk," he said pointedly, "you're a very evil man. Did you know that?" "One does one's best," Silk replied mockingly.

  David Eddings

  Horse, Lying, Mean

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• Of course, Mr. Hannity was outraged that any American would not cross her hand over her heart and repeat the hypocritical words, one nation. Whenever we come up on the Fourth of You Lie, I think of Frederick Douglas and his masterful oration, The meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro. Pledge the flag? I think not!

  Julianne Malveaux

  Lying, Heart, Thinking

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• There isn’t going to be a ‘next lover,’” Grant said automatically, outraged by the idea. “I’m the only man she’s going to have.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Men, Ideas, Next

  Lisa Kleypas (1999). “Someone to watch over me”

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• Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, May, Irritated

  Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

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• At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?" "No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God!

  Ilona Andrews

  Doors, Breathing, Hard Love

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Fate's Edge”, p.116, NYLA

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• I’m Hana,” Hana says. “And this is Lena.” She jabs me with an elbow. I know I must look like a fish, standing there with my mouth gaping open, but I’m too outraged to speak. He’s lying. I know he’s the one I saw yesterday, would bet my life on it. “Alex. Nice to meet you.” Alex keeps his eyes on me as he and Hana shake hands. Then he extends a hand to me. “Lena,” he says thoughtfully. “I’ve never heard that name before.

  Lauren Oliver

  Nice, Lying, Eye

  Lauren Oliver (2014). “Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem”, p.34, Harper Collins

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• The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority.

  Russ Carnahan

  People, Appreciate, House

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• Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.

  Tom Lantos

  Europe, Auschwitz, Guantanamo Bay

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• He was there beside her, yet she was far away from him, aone with her outraged love and her ruined life.

  Edith Hamilton

  Far Away, Ruined, Ruined Life

  Edith Hamilton (1969). “Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes”

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• Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process.

  David Limbaugh

  Fighting, Obamacare, Issues

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